"The stockade " Topic
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Tango01 | 27 Aug 2016 12:09 p.m. PST |
"Stockades are a very old form of defence. In America they were used by Indians and the first settlers, and continued well into the 19th century, usually at the frontier. They served as temporary miltary defences as well as defences of single farms or of whole setllements…"
More here link Amicalement Armand |
capncarp | 29 Aug 2016 7:59 p.m. PST |
From my studies of the Susquahannocks and their villages, their 6-8 inch diameter stockade posts were 12-16ft high above ground, and 3-5 layers deep, with 3-4 feet between rows. |
Tango01 | 01 Sep 2016 10:38 a.m. PST |
No way!… (smile) Amicalement Armand |
capncarp | 03 Sep 2016 8:55 p.m. PST |
Swear to God, Tango: our county library has one of the few comprehensive compilations of archeological studies for the Susquahanna Indians (local to this area) and the digs were pretty detailed. Heck, a local historical society in Lancaster County recreated an Eastern Woodlands Indian longhouse from data revealed by one of the local archeological digs. Anyone going to Fall-In or Cold Wars will be only about 3 miles away from it. hansherr.org/longhouse |
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